People You Know, Dec. 2000 - March 2001

Dec. 2000 - March 2001

1950s

Dr. Ralph E. Pray (56) served as historical consultant for
The History Channel TV program "Gold Mining," broadcast in July 2000.
Ralph finished his undergrad work at the University of Alaska while serving
as territorial assayer. He earned his doctorate in metallurgical engineering
at the Colorado School of Mines before entering research management with U.
S. Steel. Ralph founded the Mineral Research Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.,
in 1968, and continues as president of that firm, now located in Monrovia, Calif.
He is the author of over 100 published book and magazine articles, short stories,
and essays dealing principally with his experiences in the mining industry (see
mine-engineer.com).

J. W. "Bill" Powell (58, BS, mining engineering)
retired on Oct. 15, 2000. He is contemplating moving from Wyoming back to New
Mexico.

1960s

Mike Burke (68, BS, chemistry) writes, "After being snagged
by the SS out of grad school, I finally finished a master's degree in chemistry
from the University of Colorado and went to work in the pharmaceutical industry
in North Carolina.

"I married in 1977 and left the country with my wife, Susan Bowling, for
two years of backpacking around the world. Came back to North Carolina in 1980,
still in pharmaceuticals, and with what, at the time, was the Wellcome organization,
a British multinational.

"I had several internal careers, ending as licensing director, before
coming out to Colorado to run a T-cell immunology company, which I then sold
to another Colorado biotech. Spent some time home getting to know our daughters,
Elizabeth and Cheresse (who are now 16 and 13) and working with their school,
then worked with a Seattle gene therapy company as VP of Corporate Development.
The commute was, shall we say, interesting so I am now consulting for them on
business development issues."

Gary Terrell (69, BS, computer science) retired from the University
of Texas at Austin to take a position as chief information security officer
at ADOBE systems, a software publisher in Silicon Valley.

1970s

Ed Beach (71, BS, computer science) retired from the United
States Navy in 1996 with the rank of captain after 25 years as a naval aviator
and aeronautic engineering duty officer. His last assignment was as Commanding
Officer at the Naval Aviation Depot in Alameda, Calif.

Ed is currently manufacturing operations director at Applied Materials, a maker
of semiconducter capital equipment in Santa Clara, Calif.
He received a master's degree in Operations Research and Systems Analysis from
the Naval Postgraduate School in 1979 and an MBA in Manufacturing and Logistics
Management from George Washington University in 1992.

Don Blea (72, BS, math) writes, "Hello to alumni who
know me. I am in Tucson, Ariz. I have been working for IBM for 28 1/2 years
as a software engineer (technical term for programmer). Hope everyone is healthy
and maybe wealthy, because I know you are wise, having graduated from Tech.
"I am a very proud grandparent of a 7 month old grandson whose father and
mother both work at IBM while grandma takes care of the baby."

Robert S. Young (72, BS, metallurgical engr.; 84, MS, mineral
engineering) worked for MolyCorp in Questa, N.M., for 20 years and is now working
for the state as a highway engineer. He resides in Lamy, N.M.

Dr. John F. Alderete (73, BS, math; 74, BS, biology) of the
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, has been elected to
a fellowship in the American Academy of Microbiology. He is honored for a distinguished
career in infectious disease research. Alderete has investigated the molecular
pathogenesis and virulence factors of the sexually transmitted disease, Trichomonas
vaginalis, which affects millions of women worldwide.

Academy fellows are elected by their peers based on their records of outstanding
contributions to microbiology, scientific achievement and leadership. Academy
fellows represent 35 countries and all subspecialties of microbiology, including
basic and applied research, teaching, public health, industry and government
services. Alderete is one of only 1,700 scientists elected to academy fellowship
in the organization's history.

Dr. Karl Staudhammer (75, Ph.D., metallurgy) is the new deputy
division leader for programs and science for the Nuclear Materials and Technology
Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Staudhammer is a U. S. Senior Scientist Humboldt Fellow and an American Society
for Materials International Fellow. He received the DOE's Weapons Recognition
Award for Outstanding Technical Achievement for electron microscopy evaluation
of plutonium in 1987. Before coming to New Mexico Tech, Staudhammer earned a
bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from California State University
at Los Angeles; and master's and engineer's degrees in mechanical engineering
and materials science from the University of Southern California.

Staudhammer has worked at LANL since 1978. During his career, he has conducted
research on a variety of property-microstructure relationships including microscopy,
metallurgy, and transformations of plutonium. He has been team leader, deputy
and acting group leader in both the Materials Science and Technology and Nuclear
Materials and Technology Division.

David Elsbernd (76, BS, biology) writes, "My spouse Gayle
and I are awaiting our third grandchild in May. Between grandparenting duties,
I keep busy climbing snow-covered volcanos here in the Pacific Northwest, such
as Mt. Rainier and Mt. Shasta, and stay in shape running ultramarathons. I work
for Biotronik, validating pacemaker hardware and software." Friends can
reach David at DaveElsbernd@Earthlink.net

Mark Ivey (77, BS, environmental engr.), his wife Nicole,
and their two sons, Noah and Jack, recently moved to Bozeman, Mont. Mark is
a senior research engineer and project manager at Montana State University's
Spectrum Lab. Nicole is a photographer, specializing in black-and-white portraits.
Noah and Jack are learing to ski.

Steve Reynolds (78, BS, geology) writes, "I moved with
my wife, Laura, and our three daughters to the Marshall Islands in May 2000
after spending the last 20 years living in the Dallas-Fort Worth (Texas) area.
My current position is with the Environmental Department for Raytheon Corporation
which is the Logistical Support Contractor for the Kwajalein Missile Range.

"We live on a small island with a population of 2500 and enjoy the warm
weather, beautiful water and five minute bike ride to work. My daughters are
Alyssa, 10, Julianne, 7, and Michelle, 4."

Dr. Sandy Riese (76, BS, geology; 78, MS, chemistry), after
graduation from New Mexico Tech, earned his Ph.D. in geochemistry at the Colorado
School of Mines in 1981. Sandy served as president of the publicly traded international
environmental, infrastructure development and construction engineering firm,
Harding Lawson Associates, Inc. with more than 50 offices domestically and around
the world. He has recently left the firm to start a new venture (EnSci, Inc.),
focusing on litigation support, international project development and project
finance. He has recently completed a project financing worth more than $300
million for a major gas to liquids project in Western Australia and is presently
pursuing power project financing for projects in California. EnSci's primary
business for which Dr. Riese serves as President & CEO is strategic consulting
for major litigations for private industry and law firms in the environmental
industry.

1980s

David Duggan (80, BS, computer science) writes "I must
have been having too much fun at work after transferring to the Information
Design Assurance Red Team at Sandia National Laboratories in June 1998. My wife,
Ruth Aerts Duggan (81, BS, physics) decided to transfer to
the same organization this past year. The team has been hired to break into
cyber systems for a wide variety of government and commercial entities. You
can read about one of our exercises in the December issue of Scientific
American. Another article about us and the team and work is at: www.sandia.gov/media/NewsRel/NR2000/redteam.htm."

Kathy Muller-Ogle (81, MS, hydrology) has accepted a position
with the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, Land Quality Division
as the cumulative hydrologic impact analysis hydrologist for the Powder River
Basin.

Dr. Charlotte Rowe (81, BS, geology; 00, Ph.D., geophysics)
writes, "After graduating with my bachelor's degree, I worked for G.S.I.
(Dallas) for two years doing 3D seismic for oil exploration. Then, I relocated
to Fairbanks, Alaska, to obtain M.S. in Geophysics. Stayed in Fairbanks working
with the Alaska Earthquake Information Center and Alaska Volcano Observatory
as Staff Seismologist then Deputy State Seismologist until 1997. In 1997, I
returned to Socorro and New Mexico Tech to pursue a Ph.D. I am currently employed
as a post-doctoral research associate at the University of Wisconsin Department
of Geology & Geophysics."

Roger Day (82, BS, geological engr.) writes, "I'm the
technical manager for Dyno Nobel, Inc. in the southwestern Virginia/ West Virginia
region and live outside of Bristol, Va. My wife Lori is teaching Special Ed.
in Smyth County and working on her masters. My two children are Will and Megan
who are eighteen and fifteen -- Will was born my last semester at Tech. I still
enjoy hunting and camping and I usually spend two weeks in November in the Blue
Ridge mountains combining the two."

Tim Hayes (84, BS, chemistry; 84, BS, physics) is a group
leader in the Nuclear Materials and Technology Division at Los Alamos National
Laboratory. He is married to Robyn Smith Hayes (85, BS, chemistry)
who is a chemistry instructor at Northern New Mexico Community College. They
have two children: Elizabeth, 11, and Amelia, 9.

Philip L. Johnson (84, BS, geological engr.) has been promoted
to office manager of the San Antonio Office of Cobblestone Engineering. Phil
lived for 13 years in Las Cruces, N.M., working for Precision Engineering and
AGRA Earth & Environmental. In 1997, he and his wife, LeNora, moved to Harlingen,
Texas, where he worked for Cobblestone. Phil and LeNora enjoy hiking, camping,
running and flying.

Carolyn Sims (84, BS, computer science; 84, BS, math) has
resumed using her maiden name, so delete any references to Wenke. She has an
awesome 5-year-old daughter, Abby, who she says is all-girl, complete with dresses,
tights, and fingernail polish. Last summer, after 16.5 years at Hewlett-Packard,
Carolyn decided to go with a start-up, MontaVista Software, Inc. Carolyn and
Abby live in Silicon Valley in Los Gatos, Calif.

Nancy McLaughlin (84, BGS) writes, "I've been working
as a Systems Analyst/Product Manager for a software company headquartered in
Baltimore since 1991. Was first located in Charlotte but the company allows
us to tele-commute. I asked if I could move back to Socorro and work from home
and the boss said 'Sure!' So, here I am back in the Promised Land (living in
Lemitar, just north of Socorro). Greg McFadden (84, BS, petroleum
engr.) is still with Unocal and is currently in Anchorage, AK. He'd love to
hear from the Techies we partied with. ur daughter, Leila, is 16 now and a junior
at Socorro High."

Tony Macaluso (85, BS, math) writes, "My family and I
returned to Virginia in July 2000, after living for a year in Nebraska. We now
have two children: Michelle, 3 1/2, and Matthew, 1 1/2. My wife Yen is a computer
scientist, and I am a mathematician, both at the Naval Surface Warfare Center
lab in Dahlgren, Virginia."

Dr. Catherine ("Carrie") Magill (85, BS, biology)
writes, "I left Tech in 85 and went to medical school in Missouri. I then
went back out west to Colorado and did a residency in pediatrics. Lived in Wyoming
and Colorado off and on for years, working part time and reproducing. My husband
Mike and I have four kids now. They were all born in different states -- three
at home and one in a hot tub. They are: Zoe, 8, Niko, 7, Xander, 4 and Kali,
1. Most recently, we have lived in St. Paul, Minn., and now St Louis, Mo., to
further my husband's studies in maternal and fetal medicine. He is an obstetrician/gynecologist.
He did play rugby in college even though he didn't go to Tech.

"Presently I am taking a break in my career to pursue the challenging
fields of motherhood and homeschooling. This has been the most exciting job
so far. I ponder the entropic forces of four children on a daily basis, so I
feel those physics classes from Tech were not wasted."

Robert Andres (86, BS, geology; 88, MS, geochemistry) and
Tina Behr-Andres (88, MS, geochemistry) recently moved from Alaska to North
Dakota. Bob is an associate professor of Space Studies at the University of
North Dakota, and Tina is a senior research manager at the Energy and Environmental
Research Center at the University of North Dakota.

Gregory S. Sadowski (86, BS, petroleum engr.) writes, "I
have started a new position as sales engineer/territory manager for ExxonMobil
Lubricants and Petroleum Specialties Company in the Pittsburgh area. It is taking
some time to adapt to winter weather after living in Texas for seven years.
My daughter Ashlee, born in Socorro General Hospital in 1983, has been accepted
for Fall 2001 at Warren Wilson College in Asheville, N.C. How quickly they grow
up!"

Jim Linville (87, BS, petroleum engr.) writes, "I've
recently moved to Oklahoma City and am working for Devon Energy as a senior
operations engineer. My properties are located in and between Hobbs and Artesia,
NM. I'll be traveling to Artesia monthly and look forward to visiting Socorro
in the future.
"I'd love to hear from any Techies in the Artesia/Hobbs or Oklahoma City
area."

Kevin T. Parker (88, BS, geological engr.) writes, "I'm
the manager of engineering and a senior group leader for CC Technologies of
Dublin, Ohio, which employs approximately 75 persons across the United States
and Canada.

"In March 2001 I will be receiving the Distinguished Service Award from
NACE(National Association of Corrosion Engineers) International at their national
conference in Houston, Texas."

Matthew A. Tilman (88, BS, computer science; 89, BS, geology)
has moved to Mission Viejo, Calif., for a position as a web developer with WFS
Financial Services, Inc.

Kathleen Young (88, BS, metallurgical engr.) writes, "I
have moved back to the Chicago area after spending 10 years in Alaska. I worked
as a corrosion engineer for ARCO Alaska and for Alaska's Department of Environmental
Conservation. Along the way, I got my PE license in Mechanical Engineering.
Now I am working as a salesperson and inventory coordinator at The Container
Store, and absolutely loving it!"

Shannon Curcio Boardman (89, BS, geophysics) married Bill
Boardman in 1991. They are now living in Madison Heights, Mich., where Shannon
teaches special education (learning-disabled students).

1990s

David Oakes (90, BS, biology; 90, BS, math; 93, MS, math)
and his wife Amy Stoklas-Oakes (91, BS, physics, BS, engr.; 92, MS, engr.) and
their two sons Cam, 3, and Tevel, 1, are moving from the frigid north of Minnesota
to the warm climate of Phoenix, Ariz., as of January 2001. Amy received a promotional
opportunity with a new company in Phoenix -- The Tech Group -- that she just
couldn't pass up. David will start teaching at Maricopa Community College this
coming fall. Amy says, "We are both looking forward to being near to family
and friends."

David Fiddler (92, BS, technical communication) writes, "After
graduation, I took a job with EG&G Energy Measurement supporting the Los
Alamos projects at the Nevada Test site out of Las Vegas. After two years of
dealing with security clearance issues, I decided to bag the whole show and
climb up to the hills.

"I moved to Silverton, Colo., with Ben Shaver (92, BS,
mining engineering). I began working as a full-time snowboard bum at Purgatory
Ski Resort. Not-intending-to-stay-long turned into a life: I worked at various
jobs (carpentry, being a waiter, lift operator/foreman/mechanic, Emergency Medical
Technician, property manager, teacher etc), and I still do. After years of trying
to figure out what I'm doing, I found that I've figured it out and I'm doing
it.

"Currently I'm a paramedic working full time with the county ambulance
service, am the director of the Silverton Avalanche School, still do some property
management, I teach Emergency Medical Services to those interested, occasionally
work at Purgatory (for the pass?), own a truck, a car, a house, three guitars,
and take care of a dog (how can I say I "own" him?) Life is short,
don't let the end dictate the means!"

Cheryl (Thompson) Graff (92, MS, math) is working at International
Truck and Engine Corp. in Fort Wayne, Ind., as the lead software engineer in
the software systems integration laboratory in which electronic control units
are tested.

Dr. Nik Chawla (93, BS, materials engr.) writes, "I recently
began a position as tenure-track assistant professor at Arizona State University.
Research and teaching keep me quite busy. I was fortunate enough to receive
the National Science Foundation Early Career Award for young faculty. It's a
five-year program dedicated to research and educational outreach."

Sharukh Alamshaw (94, BS, math) is a manufacturing engineer
with Advanced Micro Devices in Austin, Tex. The company is the world's second
largest micro-processor manufacturer.

Patrick D. Radabaugh (95, BS, environmental engr.) writes,
"I graduated in 1995 with a bachelor's in environmental engineering. After
that, I attended Michigan State and completed a master's in environmental engineering
(1998). Currently, I work for CDM in Denver doing wastewater and water resources
engineering, primarily."

Elizabeth Larkin (99, BS, biology) writes, "I live and
work in Huntsville, Ala., with a great company, Research Genetics. It only took
me nine months to find this great job!

"I found that what is said about Tech being a good school is true. I got
to work and all of these people have way less training than I do from Tech."

Vincent Fusconi (97, BS, environmental engr.) writes, "I
moved to Albuquerque in June 1997, after accepting a graduate student internship
at Sandia National Labs. My graduate research was the analysis of a soil vapor
extraction/ air sparging remediation system located at the Mound DOE facility
in Miamisburg, Ohio. I received my master's in civil engineering (environmental
option) in May 2000, and was hired as a project engineer for Keith and Schnars,
PA, since June 2000.
"A little news for any interested Pygmies, I recently played in the 25th
annual Ft. Lauderdale Rugby Tournament, scoring a try and setting up two more."

2000s

Mason Hutchison (00, BS, general engineering) writes, "I'm
busy making airplanes fly down in Las Cruces. I got a job at Adventure Aviation,
starting out, at first, doing everything to keep pilots' and passengers' flying
experiences nice. I also am doing some computer projects involving network and
radar aircraft tracking. Getting to fly too! Soon, I am interviewing with a
small aircraft manufacturer, Bede Aircraft Corporation, for design work and
teaching at their kit-building camps. Having so much fun!"